Swansea Today
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Just thought Id share my experience today
Wanted to do a landaway as Ive yet to do one since obtaining my Licence, I didnt want to go to Gloucester or Exeter or Bournemouth which is the usual jaunt from Bristol, so I thought stuff it I'll go to Swansea and land, feeling a bit apprehensive I thought Id try and get a passenger to come with me as when I phoned the ATC there they seemed rather busy and someone else in the cockpit could keep a good lookout also, also my route takes me across the Brecons and fairly close to Cardiff CAS, didnt want any MORs to blemish my newish licence lol. Anyway I phoned all my mates and none could make it, I tried everyone but they were busy
so it was all down to little me.
I studied my map hard of the route I was to take and the map looked a minefield, so many built up areas, so many roads and hills, how am I going to ascertain where I am etc. Got in the plane, took off, outbound via Clevedon then on towards Caerphilly then routed to Port Talbot then into Swansea Rwy 04 via Mumbles, whilst en-route I was looking down and thinking, hmmm where EXACTLY am I?. Everything looked the same just as I imagined, ah well, press forward, do what I was taught to do, fly the heading and time the intervals, and sure enough 2 minutes to run is Port Talbot (i did manage a couple of position fixes on the way), anyway the weather was wonderful, no turbulance over the Brecons and some of the most wonderful scenery Ive seen in my plane to date, breathtaking, if only I could take photos hehe. My landing was bloody aweful, first time ever (and surely not the last) I hit the rwy and ballooned DOH, couldnt find the Reception so I asked this lovely young lass who worked for Air Wales to show me, paid my landing fee of £9, had a cup of tea, and the staff were very nice and friendly, got talking to a guy who came in from Cardiff doing a solo landaway as part of his training, told him about PPrune lol so his posts are imminent?
then left, was the same on the way home, it all looked the same after Port Talbot, so I flew the heading, timed the event, and sure as eggs are eggs Caerphilly was on the nose 
, all in all, a great flight, and a great place to visit.
Uncle Dean must do more landaways to be honest
Regards
Dean.
Wanted to do a landaway as Ive yet to do one since obtaining my Licence, I didnt want to go to Gloucester or Exeter or Bournemouth which is the usual jaunt from Bristol, so I thought stuff it I'll go to Swansea and land, feeling a bit apprehensive I thought Id try and get a passenger to come with me as when I phoned the ATC there they seemed rather busy and someone else in the cockpit could keep a good lookout also, also my route takes me across the Brecons and fairly close to Cardiff CAS, didnt want any MORs to blemish my newish licence lol. Anyway I phoned all my mates and none could make it, I tried everyone but they were busy
so it was all down to little me.I studied my map hard of the route I was to take and the map looked a minefield, so many built up areas, so many roads and hills, how am I going to ascertain where I am etc. Got in the plane, took off, outbound via Clevedon then on towards Caerphilly then routed to Port Talbot then into Swansea Rwy 04 via Mumbles, whilst en-route I was looking down and thinking, hmmm where EXACTLY am I?. Everything looked the same just as I imagined, ah well, press forward, do what I was taught to do, fly the heading and time the intervals, and sure enough 2 minutes to run is Port Talbot (i did manage a couple of position fixes on the way), anyway the weather was wonderful, no turbulance over the Brecons and some of the most wonderful scenery Ive seen in my plane to date, breathtaking, if only I could take photos hehe. My landing was bloody aweful, first time ever (and surely not the last) I hit the rwy and ballooned DOH, couldnt find the Reception so I asked this lovely young lass who worked for Air Wales to show me, paid my landing fee of £9, had a cup of tea, and the staff were very nice and friendly, got talking to a guy who came in from Cardiff doing a solo landaway as part of his training, told him about PPrune lol so his posts are imminent?
then left, was the same on the way home, it all looked the same after Port Talbot, so I flew the heading, timed the event, and sure as eggs are eggs Caerphilly was on the nose , all in all, a great flight, and a great place to visit.Uncle Dean must do more landaways to be honest
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Dean.
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BRL mate, Shoreham is on the agenda, my brother lives in Brighton so Im due to go down there, I will definately give you a shout
No worries TG, I like to share experiences with people who know what you are talking about
Best Regards
Dean.
No worries TG, I like to share experiences with people who know what you are talking about
Best Regards
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Well done Deano...
Don't fret about the landing. I always find that the longer the flight has been the more certain the landing is to be less than perfect! For some reason this rings true for me. On a short local hop it's always a greaser that follows. If i've been up for say two hours I even tighten my lap straps before touchdown!
Don't fret about the landing. I always find that the longer the flight has been the more certain the landing is to be less than perfect! For some reason this rings true for me. On a short local hop it's always a greaser that follows. If i've been up for say two hours I even tighten my lap straps before touchdown!
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Does the bird with the big t**ts still work in the cafe? Nice airport, I remember going there when I flew with BWAC from Bristle, I seem to remember getting lost on the taxiways!
Nice one m8, BTW I went to White Waltham on Sunday, can thoroughly recommend the place, really friendly folks. Shame about the wx though ....
Nice one m8, BTW I went to White Waltham on Sunday, can thoroughly recommend the place, really friendly folks. Shame about the wx though ....
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lol, I think with me I was concentrating too hard, there is a chainlink fence near the threshold to rwy 04 and I was thinking about not clipping it on the way in rather than concentrating on the job in hand, I had a good profile all the way down, but it seemed mighty close to that fence hehe, next thing BUMP, oops, a guy was waiting to depart, he mustve seen it and laughed his b******* off
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There was a very nice girl in the canteen yes, very pretty, but as for large **** I have no idea, im a married man, and cant look for those sorts of things and admit it
Im going to start to venture out a bit further afield, maybe ya wanna share a trip to IOW sometime mate?
Deano
lol, I think with me I was concentrating too hard, there is a chainlink fence near the threshold to rwy 04 and I was thinking about not clipping it on the way in rather than concentrating on the job in hand, I had a good profile all the way down, but it seemed mighty close to that fence hehe, next thing BUMP, oops, a guy was waiting to depart, he mustve seen it and laughed his b******* off
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There was a very nice girl in the canteen yes, very pretty, but as for large **** I have no idea, im a married man, and cant look for those sorts of things and admit it
Im going to start to venture out a bit further afield, maybe ya wanna share a trip to IOW sometime mate?
Deano
